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Potential questions for David Maxfield
Can you recommend other studies similar to the ones done by Dr. Reid that describe vital behaviors by teachers or school administrators?
Is it human nature to resist influence? One person's influence often can be another's manipulation. In schools, teachers and students often seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to manipulation, and often push back. Could your book have just as easily been titled "Manipulator"?
In K-12 Schools, the federal No Child Left Behind act is intended to influence school instructional practices, primarily through the use of accountability measures and penalties. Based on the Influencer guide, it seems the politicians are way off in terms of an effective influencing strategy. Is this just the nature of politics? Does the idea of an initiative focused on human (voter) behavior just not play out well in a political arena geared towards short term wins and one minute sound bites?
I think many of the examples in the book were about people in pain--the worm, the convicts and drug addicts, hospitals loosing lots of patients. They were examples of persons, not institutions. Do you think the same principles apply to people working in institutions where "pain" isn't a motivator or where there is little agreement on the mission of the institution?
Potential questions for David Maxfield